$140 MILLION MALPRACTICE AWARD AGAINST ORTHO SURGEON (Orthopedics This Week)
A New York arbitrator has awarded $140 million to resolve 255 medical malpractice suits against ex-orthopedic surgeon Spyros Panos.
Panos, a 50-year-old resident of Hopewell Junction, New York, will not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement.
JT Wisell of Wisell & McGee, whose firm represented more than half of the plaintiffs that sued Panos, said that the settlement represents “total vindication for people who were lied to by Dr. Panos.”
Panos’ practice carried three layers of insurance, but there is still...
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